Originally Posted by
FBinNY
Among those of us who started riding before it was popular or trendy, odds are you'll find people who are yahoos (your word) or renegades in temperament. 40 years ago bicycling wasn't "cool" and tended to attract iconoclasts. There's no reason to think those people would have changed that much over the years, and with their pre-helmet riding years behind them, they might be cooler to wearing them then newer cyclists who were fed the "wear a helmet" mantra from when they first started riding.
↑↑↑↑ I'm 61 and this describes me to a "T". The first job I commuted to was a carpet installation job in 1973 and believe me the
last thing we thought about was helmets lol . . . . I wear one nowadays, but it wouldn't bother me to just wear a baseball cap. I had a fairly serious crash in 1991 (helmetless) where I got a concussion, and started wearing helmets then. But I don't lose sleep when I occasionally ride without one.